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enENTRIES BEING ACCEPTED FOR ECU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION GOLF TOURNAMENT SET FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 27https://www.ecok.edu/article/entries-being-accepted-ecu-alumni-association-golf-tournament-set-friday-oct-27
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-portrait-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-portrait/public/Prior%20to%202016%20Alumni%20Golf%20Tourney.jpg?itok=Yp72xrxC" width="400" height="237" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-article-image-caption field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">This is a photo prior to the start of the 2016 ECU Alumni Golf Tournament.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Entries are being accepted for the East Central University Alumni Association’s Homecoming Golf Tournament on Friday, Oct. 27, at the Oak Hills Country Club in Ada. The tournament benefits the Student Alumni Grant Program and Alumni Scholarships. The cost is $125 per golfer. A lunch for all paid golfers will be held at 11:30 a.m. and the tee-off time is set for 1 p.m. You can register online at alumni.ecok.edu or by phone at 580-559-5651. Homecoming Sponsorship Packages are also available.</p>
<p align="center"><strong>-ECU-</strong></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-article-immediate-release field-type-text-long field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">For Immediate Release:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> Contact: Brian Johnson or Amy Ford</p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> East Central University Communications and Marketing</p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> 580-559-5650 or 405-812-1428 (cell)</p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 26 Sep 2017 18:27:34 +0000bjohnson14873 at https://www.ecok.eduEAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY’S JUNIOR BUSINESS CLUB SUCCESSFUL WITH LEMONADE STANDShttps://www.ecok.edu/article/east-central-university-s-junior-business-club-successful-lemonade-stands
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-portrait-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-portrait/public/Willard%20Lemonade%20Group%20Photo%204.jpg?itok=3JxENbC5" width="400" height="149" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-article-image-caption field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Kevin Mann (center), principal of Ada’s Willard Elementary School, poses with students from his school after they participated in East Central University’s Junior Business Club. The students learned about business practices in preparing and selling lemonade at ECU’s home football game on Sept. 9.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Thirty elementary students recently learned how to start a business when they participated in East Central University’s Junior Business Club.</p>
<p>The three-week academy, sponsored by ECU’s Stonecipher School of Business, guided Ada’s Willard Elementary School students into a business venture of lemonade stands. The students, divided up into six companies, learned how to create a business plan, obtained a loan to start up the business, built and painted their stand and sold lemonade at the Tigers’ home football game on Sept. 9.</p>
<p>“Overall, the experience was wildly successful. The students learned about business and entrepreneurship,” said Wendell Godwin, dean of the ECU School of Business.</p>
<p>According to Godwin, the six companies elected officers and each participant was then given an area of responsibility.</p>
<p>The first order was to see what supplies were needed, particularly to build the stand. So the students made a trip to Home Depot to meet with store manager Brad Stafford to get building supplies. Once that was determined and what was needed to be spent on the supplies to produce the lemonade, the students met with either Vision Bank representatives Chea Christian and Jaylea Thompson or Citizens Bank representatives Holly Grider and Caleb Estes to secure a small business loan. The students had to complete a loan application, sign loan documents and received loans in the range of $125-$240.</p>
<p>During the process, students learned about advertising, record keeping, promotions, how to manage the stands and even spent time at Chartwell’s Food Services on the ECU campus to learn about maintaining the stands and cleanliness. The students, using a recipe from Chic-fil-A, sold fresh-squeezed lemonade, using four cases of lemons, which ultimately produced 60 gallons. They actually sold out of the fresh-squeezed lemonade, according to Godwin.</p>
<p>During the last week of the academy, ECU students Ryan Jolly and Melissa Ellis delivered the F.U.N. Money Financial Literacy Program to the students. This program was sponsored by the ECU chapter of the Student Center for the Public Trust and created by the national accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. This program focused on helping students understand the importance of budgeting, financial responsibility, future careers and the importance of education.</p>
<p>Approximately 200 tickets to the game were distributed to students and families of the Willard students.</p>
<p>Ultimately, the students sold the lemonade from their stands and by moving about throughout the stadium.</p>
<p>The successful venture netted revenue of $1,247.50. The students, who had to log everything spent and every transaction, met a week later to go over their cash drawers, sales registers and bookkeeping. This year’s team “Legit Lemonade” broke the all-time record for stand sales at $510.00.</p>
<p>Some of the student reactions to the junior business club were: “Great Experience”, “Awesome way to spend time after school”, and “I really learned a lot”. Other comments included: “Shopping at Home Depot was really fun”, and “I thought meeting with real bankers for a loan would be scary, but I was prepared and it was pretty easy.”</p>
<p>The profits went to several areas, including the students themselves who were each paid $5 an hour for three hours of work. The remaining profit was distributed to Willard Grade Center, P.A.W.S. and the Red Cross at $200 each.</p>
<p align="center"><strong>-ECU-</strong></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-article-immediate-release field-type-text-long field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">For Immediate Release:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <p style="margin-left:1.0in;">Contact: Brian Johnson or Amy Ford</p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> East Central University Communications and Marketing</p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> 580-559-5650 or 405-812-1428 (cell)</p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 25 Sep 2017 19:36:32 +0000bjohnson14870 at https://www.ecok.edu2017 OKA’ INSTITUTE SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE SET FOR OCT. 10-11 AT ECUhttps://www.ecok.edu/article/2017-oka-institute-sustainability-conference-set-oct-10-11-ecu
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-portrait-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-portrait/public/Oka%27%20Conference%20logo.jpg?itok=KHkOk7Mc" width="400" height="400" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>The Chickasaw Business and Conference Center on East Central University’s campus will be the setting for the 2017 Oka’ Institute Sustainability Conference, Tuesday-Wednesday, Oct. 10-11.</p>
<p>This year the Institute is excited to offer two optional tours as well as a Student Research Poster Competition. Participants can choose to tour Byrds Mill Springs or the EPA Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center, both located in Ada, on Tuesday afternoon beginning at 1 p.m. The Student Research Poster Competition is for undergraduate students from regional universities in the state of Oklahoma, and will kick off the evening at 4 p.m.</p>
<p>The poster competition will continue through the 5 p.m. reception, followed by dinner at 6 p.m. when Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby will deliver the Tuesday evening keynote address shortly after dinner. Anoatubby will be introduced by Chancellor Glen Johnson, of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.</p>
<p>Featured speakers for Wednesday, Oct. 11 include Dr. David Zoldoske, executive director of Water Initiatives at California State University-Fresno and Stephen Greetham, Executive Officer, General Counsel to the Chickasaw Nation Division of Commerc. Zoldoske will give the luncheon keynote and Greetham will be giving the morning keynote.</p>
<p>Activities continue Wednesday with two panel discussions: Policy/Projects that Move Oklahoma Forward where we will hear from Owen Mills and Dr. Saba Tahmassebi, and Data and Research that Move Oklahoma Forward in which Cody Holcomb, Duane Smith and Dr. Bill Andrews will speak.</p>
<p>Other topics to be discussed include drought contingency, ecosystem services of the Oklahoma Blue River, trends and major issues in water law and policy and water cluster development. Also scheduled to speak are Kris Patton, Dr. Barney Austin, Tom Graham, Tom Lokey and Jona Tucker. Dr. Richard Lowrance, with the Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center, along with Dr. Randall Ross, Dr. Jim Weaver, Dr. Steve Hutchins, and Dr. Tim Canfield will address the various ways the USEPA is moving Oklahoma forward.</p>
<p>In addition, the ECU faculty Summer Research Opportunity award winners, Dr. Randall Maples, Dr. James Bruce Moring, Dr. Terrie Becerra, Dr. Erick Ananga and Dr. Nicholas Jacob will give a final report on their research. To end the day, a legislative panel made up of Senator Greg McCortney, Senator Frank Simpson, Representative Todd Thomsen and Representative Brian Renegar will address water policy at the Capitol.</p>
<p>This conference has been approved for seven CLE credits from the Oklahoma Bar Association. Professional Engineer continuing education credits will also be offered.</p>
<p>Registration for the full conference is $200 per person, which includes dinner on Oct. 10 and a light breakfast and lunch on Oct. 11. Various ticket options and prices are also available. Registration closes on October 2. You can register at <a href="http://www.okainstitute.org/2017-sustainability-conference">www.okainstitute.org/2017-sustainability-conference</a></p>
<p align="center"><strong>-ECU-</strong></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-article-immediate-release field-type-text-long field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">For Immediate Release:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <p> Contact: Morgan Edwards</p>
<p> The Oka’ Institute</p>
<p> 580-559-5968 or 580-559-5151</p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 25 Sep 2017 18:50:08 +0000bjohnson14867 at https://www.ecok.eduENTRIES BEING ACCEPTED FOR EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY’S 2017 HOMECOMING PARADEhttps://www.ecok.edu/article/entries-being-accepted-east-central-university-s-2017-homecoming-parade
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p align="left">Entries are being accepted for East Central University’s 2017 Homecoming Parade, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 28, at noon along Main Street in Ada. Entries are open for floats (competitive and non-competitive), decorated car or truck, marching bands and walkers. The theme for this year’s homecoming is “Oh! The Places Tigers Will Go!” Registration can be done online on the official ECU website at <a href="https://www.ecok.edu/student-development/campus-involvement/cab/homecoming">https://www.ecok.edu/student-development/campus-involvement/cab/homecoming</a> . The deadline for entries is Oct. 11. For more information, contact Tenecia Miller in the Office of Campus Involvement at 580-559-5207.</p>
<p align="center"><strong>-ECU-</strong></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-article-immediate-release field-type-text-long field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">For Immediate Release:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> Contact: Brian Johnson or Amy Ford</p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> East Central University Communications and Marketing</p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> 580-559-5650 or 405-812-1428 (cell)</p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 25 Sep 2017 18:14:06 +0000bjohnson14866 at https://www.ecok.eduASLEEP AT THE WHEEL TO PERFORM AT ECU ON FRIDAY, SEPT. 29https://www.ecok.edu/article/asleep-wheel-perform-ecu-friday-sept-29
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-portrait-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-portrait/public/Asleep%20at%20the%20Wheel%20Group%20Photo.jpg?itok=-rMtCoLn" width="400" height="190" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-article-image-caption field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Asleep at the Wheel</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Country music band Asleep at the Wheel will take the stage on Friday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m. in East Central University’s Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.</p>
<p>The venerable Western swing band has been performing since 1970 and has won 10 Grammy Awards and released over 20 albums. Their highest-charting single “The Letter That Johnny Walker Read,” peaked at No. 10 in 1975, with their next highest being “House of Blue Lights” at No. 17 in 1987 (reached No. 12 on the Canadian charts).</p>
<p>Advanced tickets are $25. Fine Arts season membership passes are still available for $63, which not only includes Asleep at the Wheel, but three other featured performances: Perpetual Motion Dance on No. 9; Broadway Tonite Live! on Jan. 19 and Pirate School on March 1.</p>
<p>Formed in Paw Paw, West Virginia and based in Austin, Texas, Asleep at the Wheel has kept the Western swing sound alive, inspired by the legendary godfather Bob Wills.</p>
<p>The group has gone through numerous personnel changes, but 6-foot, 7-inch frontman and singer/guitarist Ray Benson has kept it together for four decades. He formed the group, along with longtime friend Lucky Oceans (born Reuben Gosfield; steel guitar) and Leroy Preston (rhythm guitar) They soon added a female singer in Chris O’Connell.</p>
<p>Currently traveling as an eight-piece band, Asleep at the Wheel added Katie Shore (fiddle, vocals), Dennis Ludiker (fiddle, mandolin) and Connor Forsyth (keyboard, vocals) in 2016.</p>
<p>Initially, the group played straight-ahead country in local venues, but quickly switched to Western swing when they discovered the music through the legendary Merle Haggard, specifically by way of Haggard’s Bob Wills tribute album, and eclectic country-rockers Commander Cody &amp; His Lost Planet Airmen.</p>
<p>Among other awards presented to Asleep at the Wheel are Best Country and Western Band by Rolling Stone, Touring Band of the Year by the Academy of Country Music and Lifetime Achievement Award by the Americana Music Association.</p>
<p>The band has toured with such greats as Haggard, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, George Strait, Lyle Lovett, Ray Price, Alice Cooper and more.</p>
<p>To purchase tickets, go online to ecok.edu/Fine Arts or call 580-559-5751. Tickets may also be purchased by going to the box office in the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center, Monday-Friday, from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. or one hour before the start of the show. Tickets may be picked up at the will call window on the night of the show.</p>
<p>The 2017-18 ECU Fine Arts Season sponsors are Vision Bank, Hampton Inn and Suites, Communication Federal Credit Union, <em>The Ada News</em>. Score Broadcasting, Papa John’s, Citizen’s Bank, Santa Fe Cattle Co., Biggie’s Tanning and Laundry, LaQuinta Inns and Suites and Chicken Express.</p>
<p>Those with season memberships can present their membership card at Santa Fe Steakhouse and get a 10 percent discount on the night of the show.</p>
<p align="center"><strong>-ECU-</strong></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-article-immediate-release field-type-text-long field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">For Immediate Release:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <p style="margin-left:1.0in;">Contact: Brian Johnson or Amy Ford</p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> East Central University Communications and Marketing</p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> 580-559-5650 or 405-812-1428 (cell)</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 22 Sep 2017 17:03:30 +0000bjohnson14865 at https://www.ecok.eduECU STUDENT ALREADY PUTTING SKILLS INTO ACTION AFTER WINNING i2E LOVE’S ENTREPRENEUR’S CUP PITCH COMPETITTIONhttps://www.ecok.edu/article/ecu-student-already-putting-skills-action-after-winning-i2e-love-s-entrepreneur-s-cup-pitch-competittion
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-portrait-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-portrait/public/Dia%20Ghosh%20with%20Dr.%20Stacey%20Bolin.jpg?itok=qgFxe-_A" width="400" height="400" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-article-image-caption field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">East Central University student Srijita “Dia” Ghosh (right) poses with ECU Assistant Professor Dr. Stacey Bolin after Ghosh won the pitch competition and placed second in the business division at the i2E Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup last spring in Oklahoma City. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p align="left">East Central University student Srijita “Dia” Ghosh is already putting her entrepreneurial skills into action.</p>
<p align="left">The senior from Kolkata, India won the pitch competition and placed second in the small business division at the i2E Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup held this past spring.</p>
<p align="left">Ghosh’s winning product is called “StoPanic,” an emergency device, resembling a hearing aid, that is designed to help people overcome panic attacks by playing calming music when it detects certain physiological changes.</p>
<p align="left">“I am currently working on patenting my product with the $10,000 prize money that I won for the competition,” said Ghosh. “Dr. Stacy Bolin, my mentor, coached me through this.”</p>
<p align="left">Ghosh was primed for that statewide collegiate competition by virtue of placing second in ECU’s own Tiger Tank Pitch Competition last November.</p>
<p align="left">“It kind of gave me a confidence boost,” Ghosh said. “It was overwhelming. I gave my best and I’m very happy.”</p>
<p align="left">Ghosh said she also received coaching from James Eldridge, interim president and CEO of the Ada Jobs Foundation.</p>
<p align="left">“He helped me in preparing for my competition,” said Ghosh, who was recently hired by Eldridge as an intern and entrepreneurship specialist for the Ada Jobs Foundation. “With the entrepreneurship strategy, it’s something I want to do in my career.”</p>
<p align="left">Bolin says Ghosh’s drive for success is inspiring.</p>
<p align="left">“I am very excited to see Dia share her experience as a young entrepreneur with the community of Ada,” said Bolin, assistant professor and director of ECU’s Wilburn L. Smith Center for Entrepreneurship. “While continuing to make progress with StoPanic, Dia is already working on another entrepreneurial endeavor. Her drive for success is inspiring and contagious.”</p>
<p align="center"><strong>-ECU-</strong></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-article-immediate-release field-type-text-long field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">For Immediate Release:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <p style="margin-left:1.0in;">Contact: Brian Johnson or Amy Ford</p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> East Central University Communications and Marketing</p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> 580-559-5650 or 405-812-1428 (cell)</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:54:43 +0000bjohnson14851 at https://www.ecok.eduECU’S LINSCHEID LIBRARY, ADA PUBLIC LIBRARY PARTNERING TO CELEBRATE THE FREEDOM TO READ DURING “BANNED BOOK WEEK”https://www.ecok.edu/article/ecu-s-linscheid-library-ada-public-library-partnering-celebrate-freedom-read-during-banned-book-week
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>East Central University’s Linscheid Library is partnering with the Ada Public Library in cherishing the freedom to read during “Banned Books Week,” set for Sept. 25-30.</p>
<p>A series of events is scheduled to celebrate the freedom to read and raise awareness of the harms of censorship.</p>
<p>Throughout the week, anyone can participate in a scavenger hunt by visiting the Linscheid Library or Facebook.com/ECUlibrary each day from Sept. 25-29 to find a clue. Those who find the banned book cover at its hidden location, can follow the instruction on the back to return it for a prize.</p>
<p>Here is a list of the weeklong activities:</p>
<p> <strong>Monday, Sept. 25:</strong> A kickoff party will take place from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on the second floor of the Linscheid Library. Refreshments, snacks and a photo booth will be available, along with the opportunity to sign up for an Ada Public Library Card.</p>
<p> <strong>Tuesday, Sept. 26:</strong> Check out challenged and banned comics on display and make your own comic. Materials for creating a comic will be available at both libraries.</p>
<p> <strong>Wednesday, Sept. 27:</strong> Get engaged with the community Wednesday through short talks from librarians, journalists, college students and faculty about censorship and intellectual freedom. The event is from 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. in the Estep Multimedia Center of the Bill S. Cole University Center.</p>
<p> <strong>Thursday, Sept. 28:</strong> A readout is scheduled from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. outside the Linscheid Library. Participants will read out loud a portion of their favorite banned or challenged book and listen to others reading also.</p>
<p> <strong>Saturday, Sept. 30:</strong> A movie night will wrap up the week of activities on Saturday at Wintersmith Park, starting around dusk. Join the community in a free showing of The Lorax, based on the banned book of the same name by Dr. Seuss. The movie showing is sponsored by the Ada Public Library.</p>
<p>The event is being sponsored by the Linscheid Library Academic Friends (LLAF).</p>
<p>For more information about “Banned Books Week,” contact Marla Lobley at <a href="mailto:mlobley@ecok.edu">mlobley@ecok.edu</a> or 580-559-5308, or Kaylie Coleman at <a href="mailto:kayjcol@ecok.edu">kayjcol@ecok.edu</a> or 580-559-5565.</p>
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<p align="center"><strong>-ECU-</strong></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-article-immediate-release field-type-text-long field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">For Immediate Release:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <p style="margin-left:1.0in;">Contact: Brian Johnson or Amy Ford</p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> East Central University Communications and Marketing</p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> 580-559-5650 or 405-812-1428 (cell)</p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 20:33:26 +0000bjohnson14850 at https://www.ecok.eduDR. KATRICIA PIERSON, REGENT CONNIE REILLY ALL SMILES DURING ECU PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONhttps://www.ecok.edu/article/dr-katricia-pierson-regent-connie-reilly-all-smiles-during-ecu-presidential-inauguration
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-portrait-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-portrait/public/Reilly%2C%20Pierson%20Smiles.jpg?itok=1_0rMMA0" width="400" height="353" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Regional University System of Oklahoma (RUSO) Regent Connie Reilly (left) and East Central University President Katricia G. Pierson are all smiles during Pierson’s ECU Presidential Inauguration on Friday, Sept. 15, in the Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center. Pierson is ECU’s ninth president.</p>
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-article-immediate-release field-type-text-long field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">For Immediate Release:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> Contact: Brian Johnson or Amy Ford</p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> East Central University Communications and Marketing</p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> 580-559-5650 or 405-812-1428 (cell)</p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 19:43:06 +0000bjohnson14849 at https://www.ecok.eduPROJECT WILD WORKSHOP BEING CONDUCTED AT ECU ON SEPT. 30https://www.ecok.edu/article/project-wild-workshop-being-conducted-ecu-sept-30
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Learning about Oklahoma’s wildlife and discovering fun ways to teach about the outdoors will be the focus of a Project WILD Workshop, being conducted at East Central University on Saturday, Sept. 30, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Lanoy Education Building, Room 101.</p>
<p>The workshop is open to all educators (classroom teachers, Scout, 4-H and other youth group leaders) and any adults who are interested in teaching kids about the outdoors.</p>
<p>Participants will receive Project WILD K-12 and Aquatic activity guides, containing over 170 hands-on activities. The workshop is recognized by the State Department of Education for professional development credit.</p>
<p>The cost is $20 per person and participants are urged to bring a sack lunch.</p>
<p>To register contact Teresia Harrison at 580-559-5275 or <a href="mailto:termhar@ecok.edu">termhar@ecok.edu</a> by Friday, Sept. 22. For more information go online to <a href="http://www.OKProjectWILD.org">www.OKProjectWILD.org</a>.</p>
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-article-immediate-release field-type-text-long field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">For Immediate Release:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> Contact: Brian Johnson or Amy Ford</p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> East Central University Communications and Marketing</p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> 580-559-5650 or 405-812-1428 (cell)</p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 19:18:43 +0000bjohnson14848 at https://www.ecok.eduSEPTEMBER POETRY SERIES SET FOR TUESDAY, SEPT. 19 AT ECUhttps://www.ecok.edu/article/september-poetry-series-set-tuesday-sept-19-ecu
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-landscape/public/default_images/logo_1.png?itok=Sg_U3IZG" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-portrait-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ecok.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article-portrait/public/Jenny%20Yang%20Cropp.jpg?itok=VqvkEo4T" width="360" height="360" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-article-image-caption field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Jenny Yang Cropp</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>East Central University’s Poetry Series, featuring speakers Jenny Yang Cropp and Sly Alley, will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 6:30 p.m. in the Estep Multimedia Center inside the Bill S. Cole University Center.</p>
<p>The event is free and open to everyone.</p>
<p>Cropp’s first full-length collection of poems, entitled <em>String Theory</em> (an Oklahoma Book Award finalist in poetry) was released in September of 2015 by Mongrel Empire Press.</p>
<p>Her work has recently appeared in <em>Poemeleon’s</em> Asian Pacific American issue, <em>Real: Regarding Arts and Letters, Arts Focus Oklahoma </em>and the streets of downtown Oklahoma City via the Make It Rain Poems project.</p>
<p>Cropp’s newest chapbook, <em>Not a Bird or a Flower</em>, is forthcoming from Ryga this fall. She is currently an assistant professor in English at Southeast Missouri State University, where she also served as the poetry editor for the journal <em>Big Muddy.</em> </p>
<p>Alley is a writer of poetry and short-fiction whose work has appeared in <em>The Muse</em> and <em>Dragon Poet Review</em>.</p>
<p>His work has been featured at the annual Howlers and Yawpers Creative Symposium at Seminole State College, Poetry at The Paramount in Oklahoma City, Woody Guthrie Poets, Oklahoma Voices First Sunday Poetry at IAO Gallery and Second Sunday Poetry at Tidewater Winery.</p>
<p>Alley’s debut collection of poems titled <em>Strong Medicine</em> is published by Village Books Press and won the 2017 Oklahoma Book Award for poetry. He writes on a vintage Royal typewriter in a fortified shack in Tecumseh.</p>
<p>For more information on the September Poetry Series, contact Dr. Ken Hada at <a href="mailto:KHada@ecok.edu">KHada@ecok.edu</a> or 580-559-5557.</p>
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-article-immediate-release field-type-text-long field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">For Immediate Release:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> Contact: Brian Johnson or Amy Ford</p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> East Central University Communications and Marketing</p>
<p style="margin-left:1.0in;"> 580-559-5650 or 405-812-1428 (cell)</p>
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